Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 A deal was struck, somehow involving this: stormee, dome, Sigmund Fraud and 3 others 6
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 This is where the above came from:This is where it eventually arrived:Yes, I swapped the probably most virgin Series 2 V8 in existence for a hanging, clapped out heap and a few kippers.No more pretentious bonnet bulges, plastic grilles and only the second most half arsed badging known to mankind for me from now on!And it is older! garethj, Richard, Coprolalia and 22 others 25
Skizzer Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 ^ Okay, THAT'S the calendar shot. Or maybe the Kippers By Post one. Either, really. Maybe both. Uncle Jimmy, eddyramrod, chaseracer and 4 others 7
NorfolkNWeigh Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Nice picture , just a shame all those P6es are in the way of the Datsun Drift Low Rider Custon Rat Rod, at least I think that's what they're called these days, used to be 260C or something I think. alf892 1
BorniteIdentity Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Never seen the appeal. Now seeing the appeal. Time and time again, the early cars are the most handsome... The purest. That's very nice indeed.
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 That's very nice indeed. Not when you see it close up. Twiggy 1
hairnet Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 ahhh done similar go islands see chod Junkman 1
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 That doesn't entirely 100% come close now, does it?Or did you get that Fester?
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 And why should it be? Last year we went to Abroadshire, came back empty handed and went to get a P6 from Nofuck.This year we went to Abroadshire, came back empty handed and went to get a P6 from Manx.Next time, we won't go to Abroadshire, just to come back empty handed and go to get a P6.We'll skip the Abroadshire bit. cms206, pompei, Skizzer and 1 other 4
junkyarddog Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Yes, I swapped the probably most virgin Series 2 V8 in existence for a hanging, clapped out heap and a few kippers.Quite possibly the funniest thing I've read this year. Best of luck with your new steed JM. Junkman and tooSavvy 2
chaseracer Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 who gave who the kippers? You can get ointment for that. Skizzer, Junkman, worldofceri and 4 others 7
Supernaut Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Am I the only one who's totally confused as to which car he swapped for which...? DeeJay and loserone 2
anonymous user Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Am I the only one who's totally confused as to which car he swapped for which...?Yes scruff and Junkman 2
chaseracer Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Am I the only one who's totally confused as to which car he swapped for which...? Above all, it's a Rover. That doesn't help much, does it? Sorry. Junkman 1
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Am I the only one who's totally confused as to which car he swapped for which...? Brodders, sporty-shite, scruff and 13 others 16
loserone Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 annoted.jpg You can't fool me, H comes before K! Junkman, tooSavvy and worldofceri 3
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Right. This is what happened. A good friend of the GGG who happens to be a serial P6 molester relocated to the Isle of Man.He is taking all his cars with him and they all must pass an evidently quite rigorous test in order to be registered there.Several of his cars passed with flying colours, no wonder considering how good they are, but one of them failed for having shonky panels.Yes, contrary to an MoT on the mainland, the Manx authorities have an issue with that.So he had some quite costly repairs carried out for it to pass. However, he didn't want to do the same again with the car I own now,so he offered it and a few kippers (this is the truth, I swear!) to me in exchange for my car. As I said at the outset of this thread, I failed to gel with my car because it is way too good to be used up the way I use my cars.Hence I now ended up with his car and he with mine. As the more eagly eyerised among you have already managed to spot, it's a Series 1 V8, which IMO catapults me onto an entirely differentlayer of P6 V8 ownership and I think I deserved this, because nobody can accuse me for not being passible enough. However, the car is technically spot on, with a fresh engine, fresh gearbox and it recently had the dreaded because costly sill replacementcarried out by none other than Tom Cheetham, senior consultant of the Lake View Rover P6 Sanatorium and purveyor of fine restorations.Few P6 owners ever talk money, but this has left little change out of three bags!It was also retrofitted with power steering. So here we have what is basically a reverse P6, it's rock solid and healthy, but everything that's visible is absolutely horrible. Fantastic. It will stay at Lake View for a few days, because radios, wheels and headlights (no newfangled H4 tosh for me, thank you) need swapping overand a few niggly bits will need sorting.I shall revisit Lake View these days and provided the weather isn't as terminally shitty as it was today, will provide you with photos of - rah -a strip speedometer and hilarious bootlid badging and other interesting things. Sigmund Fraud, pshome, garethj and 18 others 21
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Am I the only one who's totally confused as to which car he swapped for which...? No, I am too. DeeJay, Twiggy, Supernaut and 2 others 5
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Oh, and I was told the car has a quite interesting* history - it once belonged to Danny Hopkins of Craptical Plastics. I saw it for the first time years ago, when it was owned by a chap in Blackpool, who installed a ZF4HP22 upgrade.I bought the leftover original gearbox off him, which not much later grenaded in the haunted Rover of Doom.As I said earlier, it currently has a fresh BW35 since Mad Manx Man uses the ZF in one of his other cars. Oh, and the original steering wheel from it has been hanging on a hook in my cellar for years. Don't ask. dome, Shep Shepherd, scruff and 3 others 6
alf892 Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Number plate is familiar? Looks nice too. I recognised the place as came past it when doing scenic route from Liverpool to Bedford on collection of Austin Princess......... Junkman 1
Brodders Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 An unexpected but not surprising result. The only car which can replace a P6 properly is another P6. Well bought and best of luck with it. Junkman 1
Junkman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Posted February 12, 2017 Number plate is familiar? Looks nice too. I have no idea for whom the number plate could possibly be familiar? It looks nice from 30 feet yards in torrential rain, yes.
cort16 Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 Y tho? I take it this one has some desirable attributes over the other one ?
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